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FRANK n. wOLFF AND GEORGE FinFROOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ROLLING-PIN,

SPE(3I]1"I(}.A'.Illl01\l forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,460, dated February 19, 1895. Applicants flied my 3,1894.: serial No. 510,530. (No man.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANKEWOLFF and GEORGE FINFROOK, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rolling- Pins; and we do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in rolling pins, and the object in view is to provide a simple and inexpensive construction by which a sheet of dough can be rolled to uniform thickness;

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the roller is, adapted to roll out sheets of dough which may differ in thickness to meet the requirements of the user.

With these ends in view, the first part of the invention consists of a rolling pin having spacing collars at opposite ends of its cylindrical body and spindles extending beyond the said collars and provided at their outer ex-l tremities with threaded tenons, gage wheels tted loosely on the spindles, to bear against the spacing collars and made of greater di- -ameter than the cylindrical body, thimbles tted loosely on the spindles to bear against the gage wheels and serving as the handles for the manipulation of the rolling pin, and nuts fitted on the threaded tenons to hold the thimbles in place.

In'one embodiment of our invention we may make the gage wheels integral with the cylindrical body and separated therefrom by'reduced portions which are equivalent to the spacing collars, and these gage wheels are grooved circumferentially to receive the tiresl which are employed to elevate the cylindrical body of the rolling pin the desired distance above the rolling board to gage the thickness of the sheet of dough to be rolled uniformly by the pin. In this embodiment of our invention the tires are made of different diameters and adapted to be expanded when fitted in the grooves of the gage wheels, the different sizes of tires being thus interchangeable to enable the pin to roll sheets of dough varying in thickness.

ings, forming a part of this specification, and

Figure l is a plan View, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsecti'on of,a construction in which we use removable gage wheels adapted to be interchanged with other gage wheels of different. diameters. Fig. 3 Ais a longitudinal sectional view through another embodiment of our rolling pin in which thegage Wheels are made rigid with the cylindrical body and 'removable tires are employed. Figs. 4, and

6 are detail views of metallic and elastic tires adapted for use in connection with the gage wheels of the pin shown by Fig. 3.

. Like letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures of the drawings, .referring to which- A denotes the cylindrical bodyof the rollingpin; B B, the gage Wheels; C, C, the spindles, and E, E, the thimbles.

In the embodiment of our invention shown by Figs. l and 2, the cylindrical body A is made in a single piece with the axial spindles C, C, and with the spacing collars D, D, the collars'being of less diameter than the cylindrical body A and situated at the ends thereof, to space the gage wheels B, B, a suitablel distance from the ends of the cylindrical body, whereby the gage wheels are adapted to travel onthe rolling board without contact with the sheet of dough as it is rolled out by the cy-` lindrical body Aiand the wheels are kept free from being clogged by the dough.

The gage wheels B, B, are fitted loosely on the spindles C, C, and arranged to have one side thereof bear against the spacing collars D, D; Thel thimbles E, E, are shaped to form the handles for operating the rolling pin, and these thimbles are fItted loosely on the spindles, C, C,so that the inner ends thereof bear against the outer sides of the gage wheels B, B.. yThese thimbles are heldin place by the nuts F which are screwed on the threaded tenons at the .ends of the spindles, and thus the thimbles and gage Wheels are held against IOO to permit the gage wheels B to be .taken 0E.

the spindles; and by this constructionWe-are able to employ gage wheels of different diameters Whieh are thus made interchangeable :to adapt the rolling pin to uniformly roll out sheets of dough of different thicknesses as may be desired.

The thimbles and nuts can be easily re`l placed after the set of gage'wheels,of proper diameter,

ing pin.

Although we ing collars may be `madelin separate .pieces from the cylindrical body and the-innerfends of thelspindles fitted in and rigidly secured to the ends of thecylindrical body1as shown by Fig. 2,1of thefdrawings.

Inltheembodiment of ourinventionishown by Figs.3 and `fvveshow the body Aand Wheels `B`as made'in a` single-piece andjcined` together by the `reduced `necks-Which 'are the equivalents of the collars JD, 2D, inasmuchias B, fromtheends-of fthe body A. .Thefspin-` dles G,are suitably secured inthe gage wheels and on thesespindles are fitted the thimbles E which are heldfromi'endwise movement by the wheels B andthe enlargediheads wat the outer extremities of the spindles. SeeiFig.- 3.

The wheels B in this construction arefgrooved` circumferentially, as atb,and1 in'these grooves are fitted tiresG. These tires .aremade et suitable material to `permit thenito 'be eX- panded and toycontract by their inherent elasticity, and these tiresfare made ein dlerent Sizes, the internal diameter of fall thetires beingA substantially the sameiandlequalto the diameter-ofthe grooves bint-he gage wheels. We may make these tireslof steel orother elastic-metal,and theelasticmetallictire .is

split or "divided transversely Vto `enable into be expandedand Aeasily fitted Linithe groove of the gagewheel,-afteriwhichithe elasticity of the tire causesit to `conti'acthand closely` is fitted on the spindles of the roll# without departingrom-the spiritor sacrifichavei described thecylindrical 1 body as being integral `with the ispacingfcol? lars and spindles,weldo `.not wish to he fun-` derstood las `limiting@ourselvestofthis exact. construction, because `the spindlesi'a'ndtspacfv .tosnugly iitinthe groove Aof the wheel. By .using aset .of Ltires'whose external .diameter varies, we are able to regulate the distance of the cylindrical body A above the rolling board and adapt the pin to uniformly roll sheets of dough ot varying thicknesses.

`'The operationl andadvantages of our invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art from the foregoing description taken in connection withV the drawings.

Weare awarethat slight changes in the form and proportion oi' parts of the devices herein `shown-and described as an embodiment of our invention can be made by a skilled mechanic `ingthe:advantages athereof, xand we `therefore reserve thexight xtc `unalcesuchialteraticns `as .-fairlyf-allawithin Athe scope of `nur invention.

Havingthus:ftully.describedeiourinvention,

Mwhat '.We clainrias"nem'san'dfdesireato` secure by LettersfPfatent, `.is--

' 1. As `au article :fof =manufactnre,. a trolling apin:cousistingofralcylindricalahodyyzthe:spin- :dles inrxed rrelation `to @the lbody,f1.t'he.gage wheels spaced by intermediate devicesfrom athetends `.of `thevbody,.i-^and thelloose ithimbles .on said.- spindles;substantiallvas -and.ifar the `:purposes tdescribed.

Thecombinationrwithraicylindricalxbody and Iixed spindles, of thefgagenwheels ititted .looselyi on the;spindles,.thespacingiblocks be- :loose .thimbles1onit-he :spindleasubstantiall y as described.

`.iThe combination with the cylindrical bodyot'anellingipngandithe spindlesextend- ;applied inrpairsion ithezspindles, andvspacing l collarsiwhicha separate 1 saidgage wheels Af rom fthe fends of the -x cylindrical tbody, substan- .tiallys asfand `for `the `zpurposes l described.

a4. The i combination Lwith the .cylindrical body: of `;aj;rolling` pin, andespindlesfextending `beyond said body,iofxgage-zwheels on said` spin- 4 dlesfspacing` collars .whichaseparate thesgage -iwheels from the ends of `the.body,rand thimbles fitted on the spindlesto .ibeanagainstithe .gagewwheels;substantiallyas described.

E1n .testimony whereof livvealix ourfsignatures inlpresencefof .twowwitnesses "FRANK EUWOLFR GEORGE FI'NFROCK.

Witnesses:

WM. DUFFY, ELF. BERNHARD.

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